Reversing Inequity in Mpox Vaccine Distribution, Fulton County, Georgia, June–September 2022

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ID11017135
AuthorsJoshua O’Neal (Joshua O’Neal, Jessica Lopes da Rosa, Meka Astin, and David P. Holland are with the Fulton County Board of Health, Atlanta, GA. David Folkes is with Thrive SS, Atlanta. Dewayne Crowder is with A Vision 4 Hope, Atlanta.), Jessica Lopes da Rosa (Joshua O’Neal, Jessica Lopes da Rosa, Meka Astin, and David P. Holland are with the Fulton County Board of Health, Atlanta, GA. David Folkes is with Thrive SS, Atlanta. Dewayne Crowder is with A Vision 4 Hope, Atlanta.), Meka Astin (Joshua O’Neal, Jessica Lopes da Rosa, Meka Astin, and David P. Holland are with the Fulton County Board of Health, Atlanta, GA. David Folkes is with Thrive SS, Atlanta. Dewayne Crowder is with A Vision 4 Hope, Atlanta.), David Folkes (Joshua O’Neal, Jessica Lopes da Rosa, Meka Astin, and David P. Holland are with the Fulton County Board of Health, Atlanta, GA. David Folkes is with Thrive SS, Atlanta. Dewayne Crowder is with A Vision 4 Hope, Atlanta.), David J Folkes (DeKalb County Board of Health), Dewayne Crowder (Joshua O’Neal, Jessica Lopes da Rosa, Meka Astin, and David P. Holland are with the Fulton County Board of Health, Atlanta, GA. David Folkes is with Thrive SS, Atlanta. Dewayne Crowder is with A Vision 4 Hope, Atlanta.), David P Holland (0000-0002-5052-1563, Joshua O’Neal, Jessica Lopes da Rosa, Meka Astin, and David P. Holland are with the Fulton County Board of Health, Atlanta, GA. David Folkes is with Thrive SS, Atlanta. Dewayne Crowder is with A Vision 4 Hope, Atlanta.)
Year2023
Volume113
Issue12
Pages1263-1266
Publication date2023-12-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2023.307416
PMID37797279
OpenAlexW4387380183
LanguageEN
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Racial/ethnic disparities in the administration of mpox vaccine in Fulton County, Georgia, threatened to undermine the effectiveness of the response. To counteract this inequity, the Fulton County Board of Health partnered with local agencies serving Black and Latino men who have sex with men to coordinate efforts and reserve blocks of time for clients of these agencies to receive a vaccine. The disparities were reversed and approached equity with case rates. (Am J Public Health. 2023;113(12):1263–1266. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307416 )

Distribution (mathematics) · Environmental health · Geography · Reversing · Engineering · Mathematics · Medicine · Poxvirus research and outbreaks · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Zoonotic diseases and public health

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